Halter



(No Model.)

J. O. AVERILL.

HALTER.

No. 483,594. Patented 001;. 4, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN o. AVERILL, on TRAER, IOWA.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,594, dated October 4, 1892.

Application filed November 24, 1891. Serial No. 412,955. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. AVERILL, ajcitizen of the United States, residing at Traer, in the county of Talna and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to produce a rope halter in which are combined the elements of simplicity, cheapness, strength, comfort to the animal, and adjustability.

The invention consists in the construction,-

combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents the halter as in use, and Fig. 2 a view of the same in perspective detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention embodies certain features in common with a strap-halter for which I have made application for Letters Patent of the United States of even date herewith, and the same is numbered 412,954. The main principle common to both is the use of a continuous head-strap passing over the head and meeting under the chin. As this feature is broadly claimed in said other application, the same is herein disclaim ed.

The chief characteristic feature of this invention is the use of a continuous rope A, which forms the headband and also the hitchrope. One end of the rope is suitably looped and in the loop is secured a ring a. The rope self and on one side to the rope by suitable rivets c c. 7 That portion of the rope which passes down the other side of the hors'es head and terminates in the hitch-rope should not be secured to the nose-band, however, but simply pass through a snugly-fitting loop I). This admits of the rope being slipped back and forth in the loop, as may be required in adjusting the halter to different-sized heads,

which is of course done by changing the po- I sition of the knot a.

The halter may consist of the parts described only; but it is desirable to provide the same with a throat-latch C C, and to render the halter the more comfortable to the animal with a shield D of leather or the like. In this case the throat-latch at its connection with the shield forms on each side a loop 0, through which the rope passes.

This halter is designed for use more especially with colts, though of course adapted for use with full-grown horses. Its adj ustability makes it a very convenient halter for general use, and as the hitch-rope and head-band are both in a single piece and so arranged as to draw straight down or out from the top of the horses head it follows that the halter is a very strong and durable one. Its simplicity and the material of which it is largely composed also renders it a cheap halter to make.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a halter, the combination of the continu-' ous rope A, forming the head-band and hitchrope, the nose-band B, the shield D, and the throat-latch C 0', having the loop 0', through which the rope passes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. AVERILL.

Witnesses:

LEWIS L. FooTE, R. M. PARSONS. 

